Hood or protector for display-forms.



N0. 673,|58. I Patented Apr. 30, 190i.

R. A. DAY.

HOOD OR PROTECTOR FOR DI SPLAY FORMS. (Application filed Jan. 3, 1591.

(No Model.)

Witweom ical hood A. The hood is formed in any well UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

RALPH A. DAY, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNClR TO 0. G. PRINGLE, OFSAME PLACE.

HOOD OR PROTECTOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.673,158, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed January 3, 1901.

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, RALPH A. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented a Hood or Protector for Display-Forms, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is a hood for that class of display-forms which are used todisplay coats and waists in store-windows and upon storecounters. Theseforms are constructed with a wooden or nickel knob at their upper endsfor convenience in moving and handling, and this knob detracts from theappearance of the goods displayed on the form. To overcome thisdisadvantage, it is the usual practice to cover the knob withtissue-paper or a handkerchief but the paper or handkerchief soon losesits shape and it is necessary to frequently change the covering. Myinvention provides a device which will not only hold its shape, but willadd to the attractiveness of the display and improve the set or fit ofthe coat or waist on the form. The invention consists in a certain novelhood, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and hereinafterfirst fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings referred to, Figure 1 is a view of a display-form withthe hood in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the hood.

In carrying out my invention I employ some stiff light flexiblematerial, such as celluloid or thin cardboard, and form therefrom aconknown manner by hand or on a mandrel, and its meeting edges arefastened by a series of fasteners B, as shown. At the base of the hood,in the apex thereof, and in the seam formed by the meeting edges Isecure the Serial No. 41,962- (No model.)

eyelets 0, through which small tacks may be driven into the form, ifnecessary, to hold the hood firmly in its proper position. These eyeletsalso permit the hoods to be strung together when not in use, so as toavoid the liability to loss.

The manner of using the hood will be readily understood, it is thought,from the foregoing description and the annexed drawings. The device isslipped over the knob and rests on the shoulders of the form. The baseof the hood will fit under the collar of the coat, and thereby preventthe sagging of the same, holding it out and improving the set of thedisplayed garment. Furthermore, the use of the hood overcomes thenecessity of using a waist on the form when it is desired to displayonly a coat. Heretofore it has been necessary to use a waist in order tohide the vacant space between theknob and the top of the coat. The hoodis made in material of various colors and adds greatly to theattractiveness of a window-display.

It will be observed upon reference to Fig. 2 that the base of the hoodis so shaped that it extends downward and forward from the seam, so asto fit the shape of the form.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is A new article of manufacture consisting of a light hollow hoodadapted to fit over the knob of a coat-displayin g form and having itslower edge extendeddownward and forward so as to fit the shape of theform and rest on the shoulders of the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH A. DAY.

Witnesses:

G. G. PRINGLE, LAURIE MAGUIRE.

